Prism 6.0 User's Guide

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Numbers and Symbols

	> ( )

	* ( )

	# ( )

	@ ( )

	' ( )

	/ command ( )

	? command ( )

	<$endrange>message queues, visualizing ( )

	<$endrange>Prism, commands-only ( )

	<$nopage>MPI queues. See message queues ( )

	<$startrange>message queues, visualizing ( )

	<$startrange>Prism, commands-only ( )


A

	accessibility of variables ( )
		commands ( )

	adjustable arrays, printing ( )

	alias command ( ) ( )

	aliases, creating ( )

	ALL intrinsic function ( )

	all pset ( )

	ANY intrinsic function ( )

	app-defaults file ( ) ( )

	arrow keys ( )
		using to scroll through source window ( )

	assembly code, displaying in split source window ( )

	assign command ( ) ( )
		not available when examining node core files ( )

	assigning to a variable or array ( )

	attach command ( )
		can't be used in actions field ( )

	attaching to a running process ( )

	augmenting data type information ( )


B

	base
		changing for a specific value ( )
		changing the default ( )
		changing via the Options menu ( )
		specifying in print or display command ( )

	/bin/make ( ) ( )

	bjobs command ( )

	break pset ( ) ( )

	breakpoints
		deleting ( ) ( ) ( )
		in MP Prism ( )
		setting ( )
			using commands to set ( )
			using the event table and Events menu to set ( )

	browser, default for displaying help ( )


C

	C++ support ( )
		calling C++ methods ( )
		cast syntax ( )
		class member variables ( )
		class methods ( )
		class scope ( )
		inlined methods ( )
		linkage (mangled) names ( )
		method names ( )
		methods of a class ( )
		overloaded method names ( )
		template classes ( )
		template functions ( )
		variables of class type ( )
		variables of type reference ( )

	call command ( )

	call stack
		displaying ( )
		moving through ( )

	cd command ( )

	CDE ( )

	changes, where Prism stores ( )

	CMPLX intrinsic function ( ) ( )

	colormap visualizers ( ) ( )
		changing the colors for ( )
		changing the size of the default spectral color map for ( )
		minimum and maximum values of ( )

	colors, changing Prism's standard ( )

	command line ( )
		using ( )

	command options, quotation marks ( )

	command window, using ( )

	commands
		adding to the tear-off region ( )
		executing from a file ( )
		issuing ( )
		issuing multiple ( )
		logging ( )
		setting up alternative names for ( )

	commands-only mode ( )

	Commands Reference selection ( )

	Common Events buttons ( ) ( ) ( )

	compiler options, combining ( )

	compilers, supported ( )

	compiling and linking ( )
		from within Prism ( )

	complex numbers ( ) ( )

	cont command ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	context, setting via print or display command ( )

	Continue selection ( )

	continuing execution ( )

	contw command ( )
		cannot be used in event actions ( )

	core command ( )
		can't be used in actions field ( )
		not available in MP Prism ( )

	core files
		associating with loaded programs ( ) ( )
		working with ( )

	COUNT intrinsic function ( )

	Ctrl-a ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-b ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-c ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		ending a wait in MP Prism ( )

	Ctrl-d ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-e ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-f ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-h ( )

	Ctrl-j ( )

	Ctrl-k ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-l ( )

	Ctrl-m ( )

	Ctrl-n ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-p ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-u ( ) ( )

	Ctrl-x ( )

	Ctrl-z ( )

	current execution point, returning to ( )

	current file ( )
		changing ( )

	current function ( )
		changing ( )
		changing via the Where graph ( )

	current process ( ) ( )

	current pset ( )
		and dynamic psets ( )
		and variable psets ( )
		changing via the Where graph ( )
		finding out ( )
		setting ( )

	current working directory, changing and printing ( )

	Customize selection ( )

	Customize utility, using ( )

	cycle command ( ) ( )

	cycle pset ( ) ( )

	Cycle window ( ) ( )


D

	data, modifying ( )

	data navigator ( )
		using ( )

	data type indormation, augmenting ( )

	dbx ( )

	dedicated window ( ) ( )

	define pset command ( )
		cannot be used in event actions ( )

	delete command ( ) ( ) ( )

	delete pset command ( )
		cannot be used in event actions ( )

	Delete selection ( ) ( )

	detach command ( ) ( )
		can't be used in actions field ( )

	detaching from a running process ( )

	disable command ( )

	display command ( ) ( )
		redirecting output to X window ( )
		specifying the radix in ( )
		with varfile intrinsic ( )

	Display dialog box ( )

	DISPLAY environment variable ( )

	Display selection (Debug menu) ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	display window, using ( )

	displaying
		difference from printing ( )
		from the command window ( )
		from the Debug menu ( )
		from the event table ( )

	dither visualizers ( )

	done pset ( )

	down command ( )

	Down selection ( )

	dump command ( ) ( )


E

	eachinst keyword ( )

	eachline keyword ( )

	edit command ( )

	edit geometry ( )

	Edit selection ( ) ( ) ( )

	editing source code ( ) ( )

	editor, specifying default ( )

	EDITOR environment variable ( ) ( )

	effects of optimization ( )

	enable command ( )

	environment variables, setting and displaying ( )

	error bell ( )

	error messages, specifying window for ( )

	error pset ( )

	error window ( )

	errors, Prism's behavior after ( )

	eval pset command ( ) ( ) ( )

	event list ( ) ( )

	Event Table
		description of ( )
		using ( )

	Event Table selection ( )

	events
		adding ( )
		and deleted psets ( )
		deleting ( )
		disabling ( )
		editing ( )
		enabling ( )
		in MP Prism ( )
		maintaining across reloads ( )
		saving ( )
		triggering conditions for ( )

	Events menu ( )

	executing a program ( )

	execution pointer ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	expressions, writing in Prism ( )


F

	F1 key ( ) ( )

	fg command ( )

	file command ( )

	File menu in visualizers
		Diff and Diff With selections ( )
		Save and Save as selections ( )
		using ( )

	File selection ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	focus ( )

	fonts, changing the default ( )

	Fortran 90 generic procedures
		changing the way Prism handles ( )
		using ( )

	Fortran 90 support
		allocatable arrays ( )
			print command ( )
			whatis command ( )
		array sections ( )
		array valued functions ( )
		derived types ( ) ( )
		Fortran 77 intrinsics ( )
		generic functions ( ) ( )
		internal procedures ( )
		masked array operations ( )
		pointer assignment ( )
			allocatable arrays ( )
		pointer assignment error checking ( )
		pointers to arrays ( )
		slicing and striding arrays ( )
		user defined operators ( )
		variable attributes ( )
		whatis command ( )

	Fortran intrinsic functions ( )

	func command ( )

	Func selection ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	function definition, displaying in the source window ( )

	functions, choosing the correct ( )


G

	-g compiler option ( )

	Glossary selection ( )

	graph visualizers ( )
		minimum and maximum of ( )


H

	help command ( )

	help system
		overview of ( )
		using ( )

	histogram visualizers ( )
		parameters for ( )

	history region ( )
		changing the default length of ( )
		using ( )

	Host Prism ( )


I

	I/O ( )
		specifying the Xterm for ( ) ( )

	ILEN intrinsic function ( )

	IMAG intrinsic function ( )

	infinities, detecting ( )

	initialization file ( )

	interrupt command ( )

	Interrupt selection ( ) ( )
		ending a wait in MP Prism ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	interrupted pset ( ) ( ) ( )

	interrupting execution ( )

	isactive intrinsic ( ) ( )


K

	keyboard accelerators ( )

	keyboard alternatives to the mouse ( )


L

	languages supported in Prism ( )

	layout intrinsic ( )

	layouts, visualizing ( )

	LD_LIBRARY_PATH ( )

	leaving Prism ( )

	line-number region ( ) ( ) ( )

	list command ( )

	load command ( )
		can't be used in actions field ( )

	Load selection ( )

	loading a program ( )

	local variables, printing names and values of ( )

	location cursor ( )

	log command ( ) ( )

	logging commands and output ( )


M

	make command ( )

	Make selection ( )

	make utility ( ) ( )

	makefile
		creating ( )
		using ( )

	Man Pages selection ( )

	manual pages, viewing ( )

	Mark Stale Data ( )

	MAXLOC intrinsic function ( )

	MAXVAL intrinsic function ( )

	memory, examining the contents of ( )

	menu bar ( )
		using ( )

	menu threshold, for Sun HPF generic procedures ( )

	message queues, visualizing
		communicator colors ( )
		communicator data ( )
		communicator dialog box ( )
		Data Type dialog box ( )
		label values ( )
		launching ( )
		Message dialog box ( )
		nonblocking sends and receives ( )
		process ranks ( )
		sort critieria ( )
		stopped ranks ( )
		unexpected receives
			correctness problems ( )
			performance problems ( )
		zoom levels ( )

	Meta key ( )

	methodology, profiling ( )

	MINVAL intrinsic function ( )

	Motif keyboard translations, changing ( )

	mouse
		getting help on using ( )
		using ( )

	MP Prism
		attaching in ( ) ( )
		commands-only version ( )
		customizing ( )
		events in ( )
		executing a program in ( )
		prompt in ( )
			shortening ( )
		scope in ( )
		visualizing data in ( )

	MPI_Comm_accept ( )

	MPI_Comm_connect ( )

	MPI_Comm_spawn_multiple ( )

	MPI Performance Analysis requirements ( )

	MPI SPMD style requirement ( )


N

	names, resolving ( )

	NaNs, detecting ( )

	Netscape ( )

	next command ( ) ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	Next selection ( ) ( ) ( )

	nexti command ( )


O

	online documentation ( )
		obtaining in commands-only Prism ( )

	optimization, effects of ( )

	Options menu in visualizers, using ( )

	output
		logging ( )
		redirecting ( )
			in -CX version of Prism ( )

	Overview selection ( )


P

	parallel array ( )

	parallel objects, visualizing layouts of ( )

	PATH environment variable ( )

	Performance Analysis Commands ( )
		arguments ( )

	print command ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		redirecting output to X window ( )
		specifying the radix in ( )
		with varfile intrinsic ( )

	Print dialog box ( )

	Print selection (Debug menu) ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	Print selection (Events menu) ( )

	printenv command ( )

	printing
		changing the default precision for ( )
		difference from displaying ( )
		from the command window ( )
		from the Debug menu ( )
		from the event table ( )
		from the source window ( ) ( )
		specifying the number of items to be printed on a line ( )

	Prism
		commands-only ( )
		entering ( )
		initializing ( )
		languages supported in ( )
		leaving ( )
		look and feel of ( )
		overview of ( )

	prism_add_array function ( )

	Prism.comm1Color resource ( )

	Prism.comm2Color resource ( )

	Prism.comm3Color resource ( )

	prism command
		-bsubargs argument ( ) ( )
		-C option ( ) ( )
		-CX option ( ) ( )
		-n option ( )
		-W argument ( )

	Prism.commOtherColor resource ( )

	Prism.cppPath ( )

	Prism.cppPath resource ( )

	.prism_defaults ( )

	Prism defaults, changing ( )

	Prism*defaultVirtualBindings resource ( )

	prism_define_typename function ( )

	Prism.dialogColor resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.editGeometry resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.editor resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.errorBell resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.errorwin resource ( ) ( )

	Prism*fontList resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.graphBGColor resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.graphFillColor resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.helpBrowser resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.helpUseExisting resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.mainColor resource ( )

	Prism.mainColor Resource ( )

	Prism.make resource ( )

	Prism.markStaleData resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.procMenu resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.procThresh resource ( ) ( )

	Prism resources, table of ( )

	Prism.spectralMapSize resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.textBgColor resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.textFont resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.textManyFieldTranslations resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.textMasterColor resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.textOneFieldTranslations resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.useXterm resource ( ) ( )

	Prism.vizColormap resource ( )

	Prism.vizcolormap resource ( )

	Prism*XmText.fontList resource ( ) ( )

	.prisminit ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	probes,TNF ( )

	procedure menu, for Sun HPF generic procedures ( )

	process, attaching to running ( )

	process, running
		attaching to and detaching from ( )
		loading ( )

	process command ( ) ( )
		cannot be used in event actions ( )

	processes
		interrupting ( )
		waiting for ( )

	PRODUCT intrinsic function ( )

	profiling
		general methodology ( )
		MPI interface ( )
		timers ( )

	programs
		executing ( )
		loading into Prism ( )
		reloading into Prism ( )
		rerunning ( )

	pset command ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		cannot be used in event actions ( )

	pset keyword ( )

	pset qualifier ( )
		cannot be used in event actions ( )
		lists of commands that accept ( )

	psets
		cycling through the members of ( )
		defining ( )
			syntax for ( )
		deleting ( )
		dynamic ( )
			and events ( )
			and the current pset ( )
			contrasted with variable psets ( )
		naming ( )
		predefined ( )
		using ( )
		using in commands ( )
		variable ( )
			and events ( )
			and the current pset ( )
			contrasted with dynamic psets ( )
			evaluating membership in ( )
		viewing the contents of ( )

	Psets selection ( )

	Psets window ( )
		changing the current pset via ( )
		cycling via ( )
		using ( )
		zooming in ( )

	pstatus command ( )

	pushbutton command ( ) ( ) ( )

	pwd command ( )


Q

	qualified names ( )
		using ( )

	quit command ( ) ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	Quit selection ( )

	quotation marks ( )


R

	radix
		changing for a specific value ( )
		changing the default ( )
		changing via the Options menu ( )
		specifying in print or display command ( )

	RANK intrinsic function ( )

	REAL intrinsic function ( )

	registers
		examining the contents of ( ) ( )

	reload command ( )

	requirements, MPI Performance Analysis ( )

	rerun command ( )

	resize box ( )

	resolving names ( )

	return command ( )
		can't be used in actions field ( )

	Run (args) selection ( )

	Run button ( )

	run command ( )
		can't be used in actions field ( )

	Run selection ( )

	running pset ( )


S

	S3L parallel array ( )
		array handle ( )
			data types ( )

	scope, in MP Prism ( )

	scope pointer ( )

	serial program, loading ( )

	set command ( )
		$d_precision and $f_precision variables ( )
		$history variable ( )
		$page_size variable ( )
		$print_width variable ( )
		$prompt_length variable ( )
		$radix variable ( ) ( )

	setenv command ( )

	sh command ( )

	Shell selection ( )

	shell syntax, quotation marks ( )

	show events command ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	show pset command ( ) ( ) ( )

	show psets command ( ) ( ) ( )
		redirecting output to X window ( )

	SIZE intrinsic function ( )

	snapshot window ( ) ( )

	source code
		editing ( )
		moving through ( )

	source command ( )

	source files, creating a directory list for ( )

	source window
		scrolling ( )
		splitting ( )
		using ( )

	special function, prism_define_typename ( )

	status messages ( )

	status region ( )

	step command ( ) ( )
		can't be used in actions field ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	Step selection ( ) ( )

	stepi command ( )

	stepout command ( ) ( ) ( )

	Stepout selection ( )

	stepping through a program ( )

	Stop (cond) ( )

	Stop (loc) ( )

	Stop (var) ( )

	stop command ( ) ( ) ( )

	stopi command ( ) ( )

	stopped keyword ( )

	stopped pset ( ) ( ) ( )

	structures
		visualizing ( )
			augmenting data type information ( )
			in commands-only Prism ( )

	SUM intrinsic function ( )

	Sun MPI Client/Server programs, using MP Prism with ( )

	surface visualizers ( )
		minimum and maximum of ( )


T

	Tab ( )

	task ID ( )

	Tear-off dialog box ( )

	tear-off region ( ) ( ) ( )

	Tear-off selection ( )

	tearoff command ( ) ( )

	tearoffcommand ( )

	text, selecting in source window ( )

	text font ( )

	text visualizers ( ) ( )
		precision of ( )

	text widgets, changing keyboard translations in ( )

	this identifier ( )

	threshold visualizers ( ) ( )
		threshold of ( )

	Timeline window ( )

	TNF_PROBE macro ( )

	TNF probes ( )

	tnfcollection command ( )
		event action specifier ( ) ( )

	tnfdebug command ( )

	tnfdisable command ( )

	tnfenable ( )

	tnfenable command ( ) ( )

	tnffile command ( )
		size argument ( )

	tnflist command ( )

	tnfview command ( )
		Graph window
			creating intervals ( )
			event datasets ( )
			histogram bar statistics ( )
			histogram metric ( )
			histogram view ( )
			scatter plot view ( )
			table view ( )
		Timeline window
			Bookmark selection ( )
			Event Table ( )
			Graph button ( )
			Navigation menu ( )
			Next, Previous buttons ( )
			Print button ( )
			Scale sliders ( ) ( )

	Trace (cond) ( )

	Trace (loc) ( )

	Trace (var) ( )

	trace command ( ) ( ) ( )

	Trace Normal Form (TNF) ( )
		event intervals ( )
		Sun MPI Library ( )
			TNF probe groups ( )

	Trace selection ( )

	tracei command ( ) ( ) ( )

	traces
		deleting ( ) ( )
		in MP Prism ( )
			requirement that processes synchronize ( )

	tracing program execution ( )

	triggering conditions for events ( )

	Tutorial selection ( )


U

	unalias command ( )

	UNIX commands, issuing ( )

	unset command ( )

	unsetenv command ( )

	untearoff command ( ) ( )

	up command ( )

	Up selection ( )

	use command ( )

	Use selection ( ) ( )

	Using Help selection ( )


V

	varfile intrinsic ( )

	variables
		changing the values of ( )
		choosing the correct ( )
		comparing values of ( )
		printing the type of ( )
		restoring the values of from a file ( )
		saving the values of to a file ( )
		setting up alternative names for ( )

	variables, accessibility of ( )

	varsave command ( ) ( )

	vector visualizers ( )
		minimum and maximum of ( )

	visualization parameters ( )

	Visualizer Color File ( )

	visualizer color file, creating ( )

	visualizers ( ) ( )
		closing ( )
		comparing values in ( )
		displaying a ruler for ( )
		displaying from the source window ( )
		field width of ( )
		in MP Prism ( )
		saving, restoring, and comparing ( )
		setting the context for ( )
		statistics for ( )
		structure ( )
		treatment of stale data in ( )
		types of ( )
		updating ( )
		working with ( )


W

	Wait Any selection ( )

	wait command ( )
		any argument ( )
		every argument ( )

	Wait Every selection ( )

	watchpoint ( )

	whatis command ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	Whatis selection ( )

	when command ( ) ( )

	where command ( ) ( )
		in MP Prism ( )
			redirecting output to X window ( )

	Where graph ( )
		and the current process ( )
		moving through ( )
		panning and zooming in ( )
		shrinking portions of ( )
		visualizing in commands-only Prism ( )

	Where selection ( )
		in MP Prism ( )

	Where window ( ) ( )

	whereis command ( )

	which command ( )

	windowing environments
		supported
			Common Desktop Environment (CDE) ( )
			OpenWindows ( )


X

	X resource database, adding Prism resources to ( )

	X toolkit command-line options ( )

	X Window System ( )

	xman ( )

	xrdb ( )

	Xterm, specifying for I/O ( )

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